“The towers of fiery colors are actually dust in the galaxy and beyond that has been polarized,” the JPL says of this recently released map of the universe. It shows light in the 353GHz range, wavelengths longer than our eyes can see. ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Information from the Planck space telescope helped create a stunning new map. It’s also shedding light on dark matter and the origins of the universe.

From 2009 to late 2013, the European Space Agency’s Planck spacecraft revolved around our planet while using its telescope to soak up relic radiation from the Big Bang known as the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

In this infrared image, stellar winds from a giant star cause interstellar dust to form ripples. There’s a whole lot of dust—which contains oxygen, carbon, iron, nickel, and all the other elements—out there, and eventually some of it finds its way into our bodies.

Photograph by NASA, JPL-Caltech

We have stardust in us as old as the universe—and some that may have landed on Earth just a hundred years ago.

Talk about reading between the lines! Scientists wielding X-rays say they can, for the first time, read words inside the charred, rolled-up scrolls that survived the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius nearly two millenniums ago.

Manly Palmer Hall (March 18, 1901 – August 29, 1990) was a philosopher and author, best known for The Secret Teachings of All Ages, published in 1928, and which remains one of the most popular introductions to esoteric traditions ever published.

Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages — and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

ROCKINGHAM — The National Audubon Society is inviting Richmond County birdwatchers to participate in the longest-running citizen science survey in the world, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count.Beginning Sunday, hundreds of birders and nature enthusiasts across North Carolina will take part in this long-standing tradition where data collected has helped to shape influential conservation efforts nationwide.As North Carolina’s landscape continues to evolve with changes… the data collected during the annual Christmas Bird Count is crucial to understanding the health of native and migrating bird populations throughout North Carolina.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the three major pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis. Named for the rusty reddish hue of its granite stones, it is also the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafra at Giza.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is also believed to be the world’s first successful attempt at constructing a “true” smooth-sided pyramid.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

Artist’s illustration of what a cool early Earth looked like. (Artwork by Don Dixon, cosmographica.com)

vanderbilt.eduConditions on Earth for the first 500 million years after it formed may have been surprisingly similar to the present day, complete with oceans, continents and active crustal plates.

This alternate view of Earth’s first geologic eon, called the Hadean, has gained substantial new support from the first detailed comparison of zircon crystals that formed more than 4 billion years ago with those formed contemporaneously in Iceland, which has been proposed as a possible geological analog for early Earth.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

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Time is actually speeding up (or collapsing). For thousands of years the Schumann Resonance or pulse (heartbeat) of Earth has been 7.83 cycles per second, The military have used this as a very reliable reference. However, since 1980 this resonance has been slowly rising. Some scientists believe that it is rising faster than we can measure seeing as it is constantly rising while measuring.

Some souls are struggling to let go of the old fear-based ways – let them be.

Only You can spiritually enlighten yourself – some choose to live in realities where the lights are very dim;

This is a personal choice – the Light is there for every-One.

Do not look back – the Light is getting brighter – it is necessary to lift mankind out of the dark ages of
living in fear, unaware of their true identity as divine sparks of God.» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›

lisa renee Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy (for the suffering of others) are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood. Dear Family, Throughout the ages of planetary evolution many different humanist ph…» › › Read the full article by clicking here » › ›